Bugs item #1193180, was opened at 2005-04-30 23:13
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Category: Windows
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Daniele Varrazzo (dvarrazzo)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Strange os.path.exists() results with invalid chars
Initial Comment:
Hi,
when there are invalid chars in a filename, os.path.exists
() behaves oddly, returning True.
The bug appears on win32 system, not on unix ones.
Thus is probably related to some weird windows api call
and doesn't maybe worth fixing.
Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310
32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> import os
>>> f = file("a_b", "w")
>>> f.close()
>>> os.listdir(".")
['a_b']
>>> os.path.exists("a<b")
True
>>> os.path.exists("a>b")
True
And, even more strange...
>>> os.path.exists("a<")
True
>>> os.path.exists("a>")
False
Better answers would have been:
* False
* raise ValueError
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